Weather-strip.



No. 887,241.9. PATENTED MAY l2, 1908.

y -1 I. L. HALL.

WEATHER STRIP.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 16I 1906.

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`a fibrous material'such as jute.

' is inserted between I .UNITED sTArEsIAtrENT CFFICE. 1

DAVID D. MUNROE,

IRVING LINCOLN HALL, or MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA, AssIGfNoaorl CNE-HALF rro oF MONTREAL, CANADA.-

WEATHER-STRIP.

Application filed July To all whom 'it may cof/wem:

Be it known that I, IRVING LINCOLN HALL, of the city-of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Weather-Strips for Doors, Windows, and the Like, of which `the following is a full, clear, and exact description. p p y My invention relates to Weather'strips for doors, Windows, and the like, and its object is to provide an efficient and inex ensive device which may be readily attac edto said doors or Windowsto prevent Cold air, snow, or dust from entering around the cracks thereof.

The device consists essentially of a strip of felt, or other suitable material, Vstitched into the form of a tube, which tube is filled with In the preferred` form of my invention, the felt is bent around the filling so that one edge of Ithe stripl extends beyond the line of stitching in a broad flap, while the otherend remains close to the line of stitching. When the tube is being sewed, a strip of thin, closely woven material, such ascanvas or rubberizedtape, the meeting ortions of the felt so as to form a second a of approximately the same width as the elt flap. In the drawings which illustrate my inventionz-Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the method of attaching the Weather strip to the framepof a door. Fi 2 is a perspective view of the preferred form of the device. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of a door showing the weather strip attached to the door frame to close the vertical crack.V

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a door and 2 the door j amb. The Weather stri consists of a strip of preferably chemical y prepared felt, stitched as at 5 to form This tube is filled with a rope of jute or other suitable fibrous material 7.

One edge 8 of the felt strip extends beyond the line of stitching 5 forming a widefflap 9, while the other edge 10 is maintained close to the line of stitching. A stri -of canvas or rubberized tape 11 is inserte between the two portions of felt so that one edge of the strip 11 is caught in the stitching 5, While the remainder projects outwardly in the form of a fla of approximately the same width as the ap 9. The flap 11 is preferably made of comparatively thin material of closely woven texture in order that it may lie flat Specification of Letters Patent.

16,1906. SerialvNo. 326,307.V f

that the same may Patented May I2, 1908.

i. along the'edge of a door or window and not interfere with proper closing of the same.

The applicationof my device consists in tacking'the flap 11 to ltheedge of a door and allowing the flap v9, which may also be tacked if desired, toextend at right kangles thereto thus allowing the filled tube -to close the cracks, as illustrated. The weather strips may also be vattached in the same manner to the door jamb. Where it is not convenient to attach the stri s with ythe fla s at right an les, they may e folded togetfier and atta; ed withthe rubberizedstri on-the outer s1 e.

` It will also be apparent that a weather strip con- It will be obvious that t e closer tex. ture of the rubberized strip will enable it to v hold the tacks better thanthe felt.

structed as herein described will be inexpensive, durable, and efficient. A further advantage is that the flexibility of such a strip enables it to be usedin very small cracks.

The elastic nature of the filling prevents the tube from becomingfiattened by wear.

While I have shown thepreferred .form of the construction and ap lication of my de vice, it willbe obvious t at several modifications may be made without effecting the utility of my invention.

Having thus described my invention so be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which it appertains, what I claim and desireto secure by Letters Patent is 1. .A weather strip comprising a filled tube, an integral flap projecting therefrom, and a secondary flap of thinner fabric secured to said tube.

2. A weather stri comprising a filled tube havingan integral ap projecting therefrom, ang a secondary thinner flap stitched to said tu e.

' 3. A device of the class described comprising a felt flap formed at one side into a tube, an elastic fil ing for said tube, and avseparate thinner fla secured to said tube.

4. In a evice of the class described', a felt strip formed into a tube at one side thereof, a filling for said tube, and a secondary thinner fla of closely woven texture secured to said tu e.

5. A weather strip of the Class described, formed by turning over one edge of a rstri of fabric into a tube, fillingsaid tube with e astic material, and attaching a secondary flap vof thin closely Woven material thereto.

vWeziither strip crnprisin te tube, an' 'i integral flap projecting from sai tube, a sec- Qndary thinner apsecured to said tube a d-v jacent the integral flap, for said tube.

7. A Weather strip comprising a. `tube formed by stitching one edge of a stri of and an elastic filling fabric t0 eportion of said fabric distant rom theA opposite edge thereof, an integral Hap proj ectlng from' said tube, a seE'arate-flap secured to the Weather strip by t e stitching of said tube, and .an elastic filling for said. tube,

substantially as described.

ying a strip of thick fabric one edge of lwhich is 'formed` into e tube, the other edgeremaining device of the class;'described'cornpris- IRVING LiNcoLN HALL.

y Witnesses:

E. R. MCKENZIE, START R. W. ALLEN. .ef 

